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LAWS OF BELOIT COLLI^:;nE 



CHAP. I. 

Of the Government of the College and Duties of the Faculty, 

Sec. 1. The Executive authority is vested in the President, Professors 
and Tutors, who shall be styled " The Faculty of Bcloit College." 

Sec. 2: It shall be the duty of the Faculty, faithfully to instruct the stu- 
dents in the different departments of Science and Literature committed to 
them severally by the Trustees. 

Sec. 3. The Faculty are expected to exercise a thorough and parental 
supervision of the habits and deportment of the students, to inculcate lessons 
of morality and piety, to admonish them of their duties to God and man, 
and to administer impartially the laws of the College, enforcing them by ad- 
monition, suspension, dismission or expulsion, as the nature of offenses may 
require. 

Sec. 4. The Faculty shall hold stated meetings, to consult together for 
the good of the College, and devise measures for maintaining good order, 
administering discipline, executing the laws and securing thorough attention 
to the prescribed exercises and course of study. The President may also 
convene special meetings at his discretion. 

Sec. At all meetings of the Faculty a majority shall constitute a quorum 
for business. The President shall preside, and in his absence, the senior 
officer present. The presiding officer may always vote, and give also a cast- 
ing vote, when otherwise a question would remain undecided. 

Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Faculty to keep a fair and accurate 
Kecord of their proceedings, and submit the same, when desired, to the in- 
spection of the Trustees. No decision of the Faculty shall be deemed valid, 
unless made by vote and recorded. 

Sec. 7. The Faculty shall cause to be kept suitable books in which shall 
be registered the name and age of each student, with the name and resi- 
dence of his parent or guardian — also the time of his cntcring,and leaviDg 



CoIIcge, his failures in attendance upon college exercises, and sucTi college 
censures as he may incur. They shall also keep a record of the scholarship 
of each of the students. 

It shall be the duty of the Faculty to communicate Avith the parents or 
guardians of the several students Avhenever cases arise which in their judg- 
ment call for such communication. 

Sec. 8. For the purpose of carrying into cfTect the laws of the Trustees, 
and for maintaining good order in the College, the Faculty may adopt such 
rules for the government of the students, in accordance with the laws, as 
they shall judge expedient, and these rules thus adopted shall have the au- 
thority of law. 

Sec. 9. The Faculty shall present to the Trustees an annual report of the 
general state of the College. They are also expected to make such sugges- 
tions concerning all matters pertaining to the general interests of the College 
as may appear to them suitable. 

Sec. 10. The Faculty are authorized to employ suitable persons to ring 
the bell, sweep the buildings, and perform other offices in the College neces- 
sary to the convenience of students and the good order of the institution. 

Sec. 11. The Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the College may 
be published annually, under the direction of the Faculty. 

CHAP. 11. 

Of the Admlsswn and Dis7nlssi07i of Students. 

Sec. 1. No person shall be admitted to membership in the College, until' 
he has completed his fourteenth year ; nor to an advanced standing without 
a proportional increase of age. 

Sec 2. Candidates for admission to College shall present satisfactory 
testimonials of good moral character, and sustain an approved examination 
before one or more of the Faculty in the following studies, viz : English 
Grammar, Geography, Arithmetic, Algebra through "Simple equations," Lat- 
in Grammar, Virgil, Sallust, Cicero's Orations, Greek Grammar, the four 
Gospels and the Greek Reader. 

Sec. 3. Any student coming from another College, must bring from its 
Faculty a certificate of regular dismission. 

Sec. 4. The regular seasons for the admission of students shall be the 
Tuesday preceding Commencement and the day preceding the first day of 
the following term ; but students may be admitted to an advanced standing 
at any time in the course by sustaining an examination both in the prepara- 
tory studies and in all the previous studies of the class to which they request 
admission. 

Sec. 5. Persons accepted on examination shall be considered as on pro- 
bation for one term. If the department of a student during this period is 



/-/ unsatisfactory, the Faculty may extend liIs tlino of probation, or terminate 
' his connection with the College at their discretion. Such as arc approved 
by the Faculty, and have conformed to the requisitions of the Trustees con- 
'< i cerning term-bills, shall be admitted jMembers in full upon signing an ac- 
knowledgment in the following form : 

" Being admitted a regular Student in Beloit College, I hereby acknow- 
" ledge myself bound to pursue faithfully the studies and obey the laws of 
" the Institution." 

Sec. G. Any student whose parent or guardian requests it, or who is not 
a minor, may receive a certificate of honorable dismission from College, pro- 
vided his standing in College is good, and his term-bills are paid. 

CHAP. III. 

Of tlie Course of Insti'uction, Examinations, ^x. 

Sec. 1. Instruction shall be given during the four years of Collegiate 
study, in the English, Latin and Greek languages ; in Mathematics, Natural 
Philosophy and Astronomy; in Chemistry, Mineralogy and Geology; in His- 
tory, Logic, Rhetoric and Elocution ; in Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, 
Political Economy and Constitutional Law ; in Natural Theology and the 
Evidences of Christianity. Instruction may also be given in Hebrew, Mod- 
ern Languages, and other branches of learning, as the interests of the Col- 
lege may require. 

Exercises in Written Translation, Composition, Declamation and Debate 
shall be required during the whole course, as often and in such order as the 
Faculty may direct. 

Sec. 2. The selection of text-books, mode of instruction, arrangement of 
the course of study, and the appointment of all exercises of the course, shall 
be under the direction of the Faculty, subject to the general supervision of 
the Trustees. 

Sec. 3. Students are required to attend punctually all the exercises and 
recitations appointed for their respective classes, unless regularly excused. 

Sec. 4. At the close of the first and second terms, there shall be an ex- 
amination of each of the classes, before the Faculty, in all the studies of the 
term. 

At the close of the tliird term, there shall be a public examination of the 
Senior, Sophomore and Freshman classes, in all the studies of the previous 
year, and of the Junior class in all the preceding studies of the course. 

Sec. 5. A committee of competent persons, not less than ^ixq, shall be 
annually appointed by the Trustees, to attend the examination at the close 
of the year, and report its character and results. If any person appointed 
shall fail of being present, the Executive Committee may appoint some one 
to supply the vacancy. 



Sec. 0. Any student absent at the time of examination, shall be examin- 
ed on his return to CoIle^!;c. 

Sec. 7. Students who do not sustain an approved examination, and 
whose daily recitations arc habitually defective, shall be transferred to » 
lower class, or removed from College, at the discretion of the Faculty. 

CHAP. IV. 

Of the Deportment of the Students. 

Sec. 1 . The behavior of the students, in the various relations which they 
sustain, as pupils, fellow-students, and members of the community at largo, 
is to be regulated by the plain rules of propriety, morality, and virtue. 

All blasphemous, profane, or obscene language, all falsehood, deception 
and theft, all intemperance, lewdness, gambling, riot, quarreling and disso- 
lute conduct or companionship, arc to be considered and treated as flagrant 
violations of the rules above mentioned. 

Disobedience to specific requisitions of the Faculty, contempt and resist- 
ance of proper authority, and all combinations to break up appointed Col- 
lege exercises, shall be deemed ofi'enses of the most serious character, and 
followed by suspension, dismission, or expulsion, at the discretion of the Fac- 
ulty. 

Sec. 2. As it is the grand design of the College to secure the highest de- 
gree of mental improvement, by means of study and appropriate discipline, 
whatever, in the deportment or habits of a student, tends to defeat this de- 
sign, shall be deemed properly within the control of College authority. 

Therefore, no student shall be allowed to have in his room, spirituous, 
vinous or malt liquor ; to play at cards, dice, or any .similar game ; to use or 
keep upon the College premises, fire-arms, or gunpowder ; to attend assem- 
blies for dancing or theatrical amusements ; or to give or attend convivial 
entertainments, either in students' rooms or in public houses. 

Also, no society shall be formed among the students without the previous 
sanction of the Faculty, nor shall any society exist in the institution except 
under such regulations as the Faculty shall establish. 

No society or other meeting shall be held in any public room of the Col- 
lege without permission from the Faculty. 

Sec 3. Wanton injury to the College buildings, by breaking doors or 
windows, defacing walls or otherwise, also endangering the College property 
by setting fire to combustible substances, shall be deemed flagrant oflenses, 
punishable by warning, fine, dismission, or otherwise, at the discretion of the 
Faculty. 

Sec. 4. All breaches of good order and interference with the rights and 
property of others, are to be visited with prompt and cllicient discipline, 
-uitcd to the nature of the oircnsc. 



Sec. 5. Ali transn;rC5r>ion5 of the laws and omission of duty, inclndinp; all 
culpable failures in attendance upon exercises, shall be carefully noted and 
registered by the Faculty, and in general such course of discipline ])ursued 
as the Faculty may judge jn'opcr. 

Sec. 6. Every student shall be answerable for the morality of his con- 
duct in vacation as well as in term time. 

CIIAF. V. 
Of the OcciqxUlon of Rooms and Hours of Study. 

Sec. 1. The students shall occupy those rooms in the College buildings 
which are appropriated to their use. The assignment of rooms shall be un- 
der the direction of the Faculty, and the rent shall be determined by the 
Trustees. 

Sec. 2. Students who are not thus accommodated, may occupy such 
rooms in the neighborhood as arc approved by the Faculty. 

Sec. 3. All rooms occupied by students, both in and out of the College 
buildings, shall be open to the visitation and inspection of the Faculty. 

Sec. 4. The students are required to appropriate the hours designated 
by the Faculty as study-hours, to the diligent prosecution of their studies in 
their own rooms. They shall avoid, during these hours, conversation and 
reading aloud, singing, playing on instruments, and whatever else will inter- 
rupt the studies of themselves or others. 

CHAP. vi. 

Of Religious Exercises and Ohservanees. 

Sec. 1. Daily public prayer shall be attended in the College Chapel, 
morning and evening, at such hours as the Faculty may direct, accompanied 
by reading the Scriptures and other devotional exercises, at discretion. The 
several members of tho Faculty shall take charge of this exercise, in such 
order as they shall mutually appoint. 

Sec. 2. Divine worship shall be attended twice on each Sabbath by all 
the students, with such Christian congregation as may be selected for each 
student, by his parent or guardian, or by the Faculty, or by the student him- 
self, if of ago. 

Sec. 3. Classical studies, unnecessary business, visiting, diversion, calling 
at the post-office, and whatever is inconsistent with the proper observance of 
the Sabbath, are carefully to be avoided on that day. 

Sec. 4. The monitors appointed by the Faculty, shall take notice of all 
cases of absence from the religious services herein enjoined, and report the 
same to the Faculty. 



ciiAr. vii. 

Of Term Bills ^ Bonds and Conditions of Payment. 

Skc. 1. The Term Bills shall be made out and presented to each student 
by the Treasurer, assisted by the Faculty, previously to the close of each 
term. 

8ec. 2. The regular charges included in the term bills shall be, for Tui- 
tion, ten dollars ; for a Contingent Fund, one dollar and fifty cents ; and for 
Kent when a room is occupied in College, such sum as the Trustees may ap- 
point. 

The Contingent Fund is for the purpose of defraying the expense incurred 
for fuel and lights for Recitation llooms, Lecture Rooms and the Chapel, for 
ringing the bell, sweeping and cleansing the buildings, repairing general 
damages not clearly chargeable to a particular student, and for other things 
necessary to the convenience of the students and the preservation of the Col- 
lege buildings ; and the Fund thus collected shall be expended wholly for 
such purposes. 

Sec. 3. All fines imposed for violation of rules and the expense of re- 
pairing damages known to be done by individual students, shall be charged 
in the term bills of those liable for such ofl'enses. 

Sec. 4. In addition to the regular term bill, the members of the Senior 
class, at the close of the third term, shall each be charged two dollars for 
Commencement expenses and five dollars for his Degree. 

Sec 5. If a student is admitted after, or dismissed before the middle of 
any term, he shall be charged for but one half of the same, otherwise for the 
whole. 

Sec. 6. Students, absent from College for one term or more, shall be 
charged with one half their regular college bills, during the time of absence; 
and the same rule shall apply to those who take a dismission from College 
and return afterward to the same class. 

Sec. 7. Upon the admission of a student, his tuition for one term shall 
be paid in advance. 

The regular term bills shall be considered as due at the close of each 
term, and if payment is not made within two weeks from the beginning of 
the term succeeding, interest shall be charged. At the close of the two 
weeks, the Treasurer shall report to the Faculty the name of each student 
whose bill remains unpaid, and unless satisfactory reasons are assigned to 
the Faculty for the failure, he shall be suspended from recitations till pay- 
ment is made. 

Sec. 8. At or before the beginning of the term next following the ad- 
mission of any student, he shall give to the Treasurer a bond with satisfac. 
tory surety for the payment of his term-bills with all legal College charges, 
and no student shall continue to enjoy the privileges of the College who shall 
fail through culpable neglect to comply with this requisition. 



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Sec. 9. TI,c Faculty shall Lave power to suspend the payment of T„; 

and not able otherwise to eontinue in College ''^^rly .nd.gent, 



CHAP. VIII 
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umor EMiiions and Commencement, of Terms, Vacc^ions and Derjrees. 
nesdayofJuly. ^^-^"^^ Commencement sl-^ -^ -^ , -,, , 

Sec. 2. There shall be three College terms in each year. The first shall 
begin eight weeks after Commencement ; the second on the first Wednes- 
day of January ; and the third on the third Wednesday of April. Between 
the first and second terms there shall be a vacation of two weeks, and the 
two terms together shall embrace twenty-eight weeks, besides the vacation. 
There shall also be a vacation from the close of the second term to the date 
above named for the beginning of the third. The third term shall continue 
until Commencement. 

Sec. 3. At the close of the second term, there may be a public Exhibi- 
tion by the Junior Class, under the direction of the Faculty. 

Sec. 4. No student shall perform any part in the exercises of Junior 
Exhibition or Commencement, except by appointment or approval of the 
Faculty ; neither shall speak any thing which has not been approved by the 
proper authority, nor fail, unless previously excused, to perform the exerci- 
ses assigned him. 

Sec. 5. Any student who is a regular member of the College, has dis- 
charged his College bills, has completed the prescribed four years course of 
study, and has sustained, to the approbation of the Faculty, a full and impar- 
tial examination in the same, shall be admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of 
Arts. 

Sec. 6. Every Bachelor of Arts, who has maintained a good character, 
and who, the third year after receiving his first degree, shall satisfy the 
Trustees that he has advanced in useful knowledge, shall be a candidate for 
the Degree of Master of Arts. 

Sec. 7. All Degrees shall be conferred by vote of the Trustec^i. 



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ciiAr. IX. 

Ofih FinnucUd B>mi>c^>^ nf ihc College. 

Src 1 The Business air.irs of the College, during the recess of the 

Bot Trustees, shall be under the eontrol of an Exceut.ve Co.m^^^^^^^ 

IZintod annuallv bv the Board from their o.vn number, who shall have 

Ter "no tL with the Treasurer, to adjust aeeounts, eollect dues and 

debts incurred, and of all dac=^«c.l,ts and^other Property rf.thc_ms^ ^^^^^^ 
tnc same to tlic Board or to the iJxccutive Committee whenever called for. 
He shall have power to take all measures necessary for collecting debts, con- 
veying property, and investing funds, subject to the advice and control of 
the Executive Committee. He shall also, at the close of each term, render 
an account to the Committee of the amount due from each student respec- 
tively, aud deliver to the student a bill of the same. lie shall have a general 
oversight and care of all the property of the College, and shall give security 
in such sum as the Trustees shall appoint, for the faithful discharge of bis 
duties. 



APPENDIX. 

Of the Preparatory and Normal and EnrjUsh Departments. 

Sec. 1 The forgoieng laws, with respect to deportment and attendance on ap- 
pointed exercises, shall apply to students in the rrcparutory and the Normal and 
En.iflish Dc])avtmcnts as well as to tlie College students. 

>Si:c. 2. Students shall l)c received into these departments after examination by 
some member of the Faculty, and classed according to their standing. 

Sec. 3. The regular cliargcs for students in the Preparatory Department shall 
be, for tuition, at the rate of twenty dollars per year, and for contingent expenses, 
fifty cents for each terra. 

Sec. 4. In the Normal and English Department, the charges shall be for tui- 
tion, at the rate of sixteen dollars per year, and for contingent expenses fifty cents, 
for each term. 

Sec. 5. No student in these departments shall be received for a less time than 
one qnnrter of a year,- nor shall any deduction be made for absences not exceeding 
lour weeks in ouu term. 

Sec. C). Tlie Billt; of students in the.'^e dci>in-tments .^hsd! becom..' due at the 
middle of tho term 



